No. 24-5868

William J. Webb, Jr. v. Delaware

Lower Court: Delaware
Docketed: 2024-10-30
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: appellate-review criminal-procedure faretta-hearing pro-se-representation right-to-counsel sixth-amendment
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Latest Conference: 2024-12-13
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Delaware Supreme Court correctly determined that a criminal defendant forfeited his Sixth Amendment right to counsel when proceeding pro se without a proper Faretta colloquy

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Was petitioner’s Sixth Amendment right to counsel violated when the trial court ordered petitioner to proceed pro se without conducting a proper Faretta colloquy and without determining on record that petitioner had forfeited and/or waived the right to counsel through his conduct? ii

Docket Entries

2024-12-16
Petition DENIED.
2024-11-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/13/2024.
2024-11-14
Waiver of right of respondent State of Delaware to respond filed.
2024-10-24
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 29, 2024)

Attorneys

State of Delaware
Brian L. ArbanDepartment of Justice, Respondent
William Webb
Megan Venerick-GiffinLaw Office of Christopher S. Koyste. LLC, Petitioner